Toy vehicle



N. J. GRADY AND AT. F. LIEBAU.

ToY vEHmLE. APPLICAYION FILED MAR# 28, i919- 1,365,482. Patented Jan.11,1921.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

NICHOLAS J. GRADY AND THEODORE F. LIEBAU, OF PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA.

TOY VEHICLE.

Application filed March 28, 1919.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that we, NICHOLAS. J. (rlRADY and Trrnonorn F. LinsaU, citizens of the United States, residing at Pittsburgh, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improvements in Toy Vehicles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a toy vehicle and has for its primary object to provide a vehicle that may be used in winter or summer, that is to say, it may be used as a wheel supported vehicle or in a manner similar to a sled.

An object o'f the invention is to provide' an inexpensive toy that may be used as a wheel vehicle or a sled and of such a construction that the vehicle may readily make the necessary turns.

l/Vith these and other objects in view the invention will be better understood from the following detailed description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing wherein:

Figure l is a side elevation of the invention showing the wheels arranged in place.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the front runner.

Fig. 3 is a bottom plan view of the vehicle.

Fig. l is a sectional view through the hinge connection.

Again referring to the drawing illustratin one of the many forms in which our invention may be constructed the numeral l designates a body which may be constructed in one piece or two pieces as shown in the drawing depending entirely upon which is the most advantageous in practice. At its front end the body has a connection with one. wing 2 of a hinge 3 the other wing d of which is secured to a frame 5. By this arrangement it will be seen that the frame 5 can swing laterally and to give such swinging movements the latter is provided with. handles 6, Fixed to the under surface of the body l are runners 7. These runners 7 cooperate with a strut 8 to support an axle 9 which detachably supports wheels 10. The wheels 10 are of such a diameter that when arranged in place the runners will be spaced the proper distance from the ground.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 11, 1921.

Serial No. 285,729.

The frame 5 is constructed to have a detachable connection with either a wheel ll or runner 12 depending entirely upon whether the vehicle is to be used as a sled or a toy car. To complete the invention the frame 5 may have connected thereto foot rests 13.

It is of course to be understood that the size of the various parts and the arrange' ment thereof may be changed at will as the drawing` only illustrates one particular form of construction. The main purpose of the invention is to provide wheels and runners either of wnich may be arranged in operative position depending upon climatic conditions..

Having described our invention, what we claim is:

l. In a toy vehicle, a body, rear runners secured directly to said body and depending therefrom, an axle secured through said run@ ners, ground wheels mounted on the axle, a steering frame hingedly secured to the body at the forward end thereof, and a ground wheel carried by said frame.

2. In toy vehicle, a body, rear runners secured directly to and depending from said body, rear ground wheels detachably connected to the runners so as to project below the same, a steering frame hingedly con-- nected to the forward end of the body and having its lower portion slotted to provide .a fork adapted for reception of a ground wheel or a runner, optionally, and a front ground wheel detaehably mounted in said fork.

3. In a toy vehicle, body, rear ground wheels mounted on said body, an upwardly and rearwardly7 inclined steering iframe at the front of the body, a ground wheel carried by said frame, and hinge connections between the forward end of the body and the steering frame adapted to permit turning of the frame about an axis parallel therewith.

In testimony whereof we atiix our signatures.

NICHGLAS J. GRADY. THEODORE F. LTEBAU. 

